Home discussion

As a simple way down south (Albury N.S.W)
dumb country boy, I have always been an early riser (05:00am & earlier) in the colder months got use to kickin in the fire & settin myself down for a couple of hours of 'just me time' before there was enough light to warrant getting set to the task of feeding the animals etc. - That was READING TIME
6 to 10 years old it was all Tin-Tin : Asterix & Obelix, our version way back then what you younger advent readers would now classify as Graphic Novels (aka-comics) but they weren't comics in the sense of those cheaper presented packages (Don't get me wrong, I read my fair share of comics over the years - they were seriously way more basic & not to the standard of the modern ones - comic books I mean -
Not Tin-Tin, Asterix & Obelix)
These ones...(Tin-Tin, Asterix & Obelix) evoked a true lesson in what would be recognised as a sense of satirical humour, that wouldn't come into play until you got older, devouring authors such as Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Rob Grant-Doug Naylor
as a few examples
Aside from the comics, another ABSALOUTELY DETERMENTAL turning point in my very juvenile reading scope (again around 10-11 years old) was when my DAD 'Another reading tragic' introduced me to
"Terry Brooks - The Sword of Shannara" . very Tolkien in style, just gutsier & Ballsier, most definitely worth the read
LBD